The Boston Celtics are signing free-agent guard Lonnie Walker IV to an Exhibit 10 contract, his agent, George S. Langberg of GSL Sports activities Group, advised The Athletic’s Shams Charania on Wednesday.
Boston Celtics guard Lonnie Walker IV will possible play for the Maine Celtics, the crew’s NBA G League affiliate
An Exhibit 10 contract is a one-year deal that permits an NBA crew to present a bonus to a participant if he’s waived after coaching camp, and he goes on to play for the crew’s G League affiliate.
The Maine Celtics are Boston’s G League affiliate. In actual fact, the crew debuted within the 2009-10 season because the Maine Crimson Claws. The Maine Celtics are based mostly in Portland and have received three division titles (2015-17).
Walker, 25, posted a career-best participant effectivity score of 13.1 and averaged a real taking pictures share of 54.5% with the Brooklyn Nets within the 2023-24 season.
Contract particulars for Lonnie Walker IV with the Celtics, sources stated: Exhibit 10. An E10 permits Celtics to present a bonus to Walker if he’s waived after coaching camp and performs for the crew’s G League affiliate in Maine.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 29, 2024
In response to the Basketball-Reference database, Walker averaged a career-high 3-point try price of 55.1%. His utilization share (24.4%) was a profession finest as nicely.
In 58 video games off the bench with the Nets final season, he averaged 9.7 factors, 2.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists, and 17.4 minutes per contest whereas taking pictures 42.3% from the sector, 38.4% from past the arc, and 76.3% on the free throw line.
Walker made a career-high six 3-pointers in a loss in opposition to the Philadelphia 76ers final season
Moreover, in Brooklyn’s 121-99 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Nov. 19, 2023, he recorded a season-high 26 factors on 9-of-17 (52.9%) taking pictures from the ground and a career-best six made 3-pointers.
Final season, then-Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn praised Walker for his persistence with the teaching workers.
“I wished him to get a really feel of who we’re, how he was enjoying, get to know him some,” Vaughn stated. “Then, I don’t play him [in] the primary sport. For him to nonetheless have the dedication to the crew, to… stick with us. To me, that speaks to who he’s, how we will construct with him. He’s proven the flexibility that he can produce.”
Walker spent the primary 4 years (2018-22) of his profession with the San Antonio Spurs after being chosen with the 18th general choose in 2018. The 6-foot-4 guard spent one season (2022-23) with the Los Angeles Lakers earlier than signing a one-year, $2 million contract with Brooklyn.
He now joins a Celtics squad returning most of its roster from final season’s championship crew. Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Jrue Vacation, Derrick White, and Kristaps Porzingis are all again.
If Walker makes the crew, he’ll possible play within the second unit.
